Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Egypt's longest-serving leader Hosni Mubarak died yesterday.

Our Middle East editor tells the tale of his rise and fall

and examines why some people look back fondly on the awkward autocrats' decades of rule.

And there's a long-running turf war going on in Sri Lanka, between people and elephants.

We look into why the Wildlife Department, charged with protecting the animals,

has handed out guns to shoot them with.

But first... For more than a century and a half, the land claims of Canada's indigenous people have shaped the country's politics.

And over the past three weeks, their protests have stalled the nation's economy.

The stated goal to shut down Canada.

Railways, roads, and ports have been blockaded.

The movement of food, heating fuel, and agricultural exports and commodities have been crippled.

Most vocal among the demonstrators, the First Nations,

a group of Aboriginal people who believed they

should have control of their ancestral lands.

It's proved a tricky situation for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who's long presented himself

as an ally of the indigenous population.

But he needs to bring the protests to a swift end.

The protest initially is about a gas pipeline that's been in the works for five, six years

in a nation called the Wet Sueton

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